Improvement in attachments for sewing-machines



H. C; GOODRICH 8; F. HENRY.

Improvement invAttachment for Sewing Machines. i i

N0.124,206. Patentedma'rch5,18v2.

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NITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN ATTACHMENTS FOR `SEWING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,206, dated March 5,1872.

SPECIFICATION.

We, HARRY C. Geom-:ICE and FRANK HENRY, of the city of Chicago, in thecounty of Cool: and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulAttachment for Sewing-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawingmaking part of this speciiication, in Which- Figure l is a perspective;Fig. 2, a view of the under side. Fig. 3 shows the form of the blankfrom which the part a of Figs. l and 2 is made.

Our invention consists in making a device by the use of which, inconnection With a sewing-machine, the two edges of a narrow strip ofcloth can be turned under and'held in place by a line of stitching,forming a desirable trimming for dresses and other articles.

In the drawing, a represents the essential part of our device secured toa piece of metal, b, so formed that it can be attached to thepresser-bar of a sewing-machine, the foot having been iirst removed.This piece a can be made from a single piece of thin sheet metal out inthe form shown in Fig. 3, and afterward bent or stamped, as shown inFig. 2, the part c forming a tongue, around the end of which the twopoints d e are bent, as shown, leaving a sufficient space for thepassage of the cloth, Which is to be inserted through the opening f atthe outer end of the device. In

the part b on the under side, and Where a is secured thereto, is arecess to permit the folded cloth to pass freely. iis a hole for thepassage of the needle.

In passing through the device, one edge of the cloth will be firstturned under by the point d, While the other edge will be also turnedunder by the point e,- and, the sewing-machine being in operation, aline of stitching will be formed in the center of the material, forminga fine trimming, tubular in form.

Since the deviceis connected with the presser-bar, and not with the bedof the machine, the trimming can be seWed upon any garment or otherarticle at the same time that the trimming is made, which Will usuallybe done; but the trimming can be made in strips, and after- Ward sewedupon the garment by hand .or otherwise.

The essential part of section a of our device can be so constructed thatit can be attached to the ordinary presser-foot of a lsewing-machine.

What We claim as new is as follows:

The attachment for sewing-machines herein described, constructed andoperating', to form a tubular trimming, substantially as and for thepurposes specied.

HARRY C. GOODRICH. FRANK HENRY. Witnesses:

E. A. WEST, 0. W. BOND.

